Authors’ contributions
Qiang Xiong and Ming-man Zhang conceived the study and is the principal
investigator. Qiang Xiong and Ming-man Zhang initially designed the
study protocol. Ming-man Zhang coordinated the doctors and nurses. At
the same time, Qiang Xiong, Ruijue Wang, Xiaoke Dai, Yingcun Li and
Ming-man Zhang mainly provided clinical support and lead surgery. Li
Xiao and Ruijue Wang contributed to subsequent amendments to the study
protocol. Qiang Xiong and Ruijue Wang wrote the first draft of this
manuscript. Ruijue Wang and Li Xiao revised this manuscript. All authors
contributed to subsequent drafts and approved the final manuscript.